Furthermore, Bloom goes on to talk about another flaw with empathy: rather than the spotlight, the fact that we don’t have enough empathy for others. Bloom goes on to say that, “we should empathize with the children and families of Newtown, but we should also empathize with the children and families of Chicago. While we are at it, we should empathize with billions of other people around the world…” (Bloom 3). Bloom continues to use examples to prove his point…
When revisiting my early work in relation to Doyle and Konnikova, I can see drastic differences in not only my writing responses but also my reading and annotation skills as a whole. First, looking at my annotations from “The Hawk” by Brian Doyle, there isn’t much purpose to what I’m doing. It almost looks as if I’m just marking up the text to get something on it. There is no method or reasoning to the areas of annotation. This style…
Overall, my first experience with college peer review was unproblematic. I enjoyed receiving specific feedback on things I typically would not notice within my paper. Some overarching feedback I got through the peer review was to be specific overall when describing my examples. Leading into quotes and evidence as if the reader has no idea who or what I am talking about. Another area of feedback was to drive deeper into my past experiences in high school with annotation, previewing,…
